Jayaram,
I don't have any experience with Beehive so cannot comment at all. For a comparison with Cocoon from the perspective of Orbeon, see our page about the subject:
http://www.orbeon.com/community/cocoon
This is probably not exactly what you are looking for, but it may be a good start if you missed it.
The biggest points in favor of Presentation Server are the fact that it is XForms-based, that XPL is a "real" XML pipelining language, and that Presentation Server presents a consistent web application platform where all the parts have been designed to works together: pages and page flow, forms, XML pipelines, and all the built-in processors.
Also, standards are used whenever possible (no "not invented here" syndrome here), for example XForms for form handling, XML Schema and Relax NG for validation, XSLT as a transformation and page template language.
You will also find that with Presentation Server, you can write entire application user interfaces (or even entire applications) without writing a single line of Java code. Often, Java code will be limited to implementing a processor doing a very specific task particular to your project.
I hope this helps,
-Erik
Bellave Jayaram wrote:
> I am new to developing using Java, JSP, XML etc. and am > interested in learning how to build some web apps and also apps that > consume or offer web services. I have browsed around and came across > this project as well as the Beehive project at the Apache > incubator. I know chances are perhaps slim that someone has used > both for active production quality projects but I am interested to > learn about the salient features of such tools and how they > compare. Of course, one's skill/knowledge will probably be a big > factor in terms of predicting how successful one may be in using any > of these solutions. > > I am at a loss to figure out what all is involved in the learning > process and clearly I cannot learn all these systems given that > project schedules are so tight these days. I would greatly > appreciate if someone could guide me to some book/URL where I may be > able to read more about someone's experience in developing web apps > using OIS, Beehive, Cocoon etc. so that I may benefit by choosing a > learning path. > > If there is no such resource, can someone tell me what are the > advantages of OIS vs. the others or why I should learn/use OIS? > > Thanks, > Jayaram
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